Today we check in with our crumbling ecological system and the fastest-growing movement of it’s kind that’s facing off against the fossil fuel companies
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: The Children’s Climate Crusade - @billmoyersHQ and Company - Air Date: 1-1-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: The Sea Is Rising - Flying Colours
Ch. 4: Act 2: Climate change undermines all conservative principles - @LeeCamp - Air Date: 1-7-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: "The Day the World Came Together" - @350.org
Ch. 6: Act 3: Reporting on the hottest years on record - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 1-23-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: Banking On a Myth - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Ch. 8: Act 4: 2014 Hottest Year Since Records Began, Earth Officially Melting - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date: 01-17-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Spring Came, Rain Fell - Spring Came, Rain Fell
Ch. 10: Act 5: The economic consequinces of the drop in price for oil - Economic Update with @profwolff - Air Date: 12-22-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: A System - Inside Open Wide
Ch. 12: Act 6: Global Divestment Day is February 13, 2015 - @350.org
Ch. 13: Song 6: Something Good Can Work - Tourist History
Ch. 14: Act 7: Global Divestment Day via @350 - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 15: Song 7: "This fickle world" - Theo Bard
Ch. 16: Act 8: CFC Keynote - Jay O'Hara: Living like the world is ending - @marioninstitute - Air Date: 11-5-14
Voicemails
Ch. 18: A cop talks about how and why they shoot - Geoff from Florida
Ch. 19: The theory of "thugs" is flawed - Ruben from San Jose
Ch. 20: Thoughts on Ghostbusters and the wage gap - Jill from San Francisco
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 21: Final comments on why women are crappy at negotiating their salaries
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism: Global Divestment Day via @350
Take Action:
JOIN with 350.org for Global Divestment Day February 13th
Additional Activism/Resources:
Add your name to @NRDC’s letter: “Tell President Obama You Stand Behind His Veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline!”
Sources/further reading:
"US House passes Keystone pipeline bill” at AlJazeera
"Senate Passes Keystone Bill” by Alex Rogers at Time.com
"White House Confirms Obama Will Veto TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline” by Carol Linnitt at DesmogBlog
"The New School Submits Bold Plan to Tackle Climate Change” at The New School
"Pope Francis plants a flag in the ground on climate change” by Dr. John Abraham at The Guardian
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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